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Summary: nightmare of hollywood
Review: This is the smartest, most intoxicating film I have seen in years. It has more to say about the nature of the mind in terms of the processing of experience, both real and fictional, in waking and unconcious states. I'm sorry, but this was far and away the best film of the year...
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Summary: Too cheap to put on scene selection
Review: Cheap, Cheap, Cheap, too CHEAP to put on scene seletion. Don't buy this if you need scene selection get a VHS or a CVD instead.
As for the movie I started it twice but never finished it, I'm tossing it instead.
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Summary: Ok, so its not just me
Review: I too was also concerned to find that I couldn't skip around between scenes. I thought it was just my copy. Luckily it isn't, but unfortunatly the DVD is far from what I expected. With all the mind games that is played in the movie I expected the DVD to contain some mindblowing extras. Instead I found nothing. The movie I give 5 stars...the DVD I give 2. It would have only been 1 star if there hadn't been "David Lynch's Ten Clues to Unraveling the Mystery" in the sleeve.
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Summary: There is no orchestra!
Review: This is easily Lynch's best film. It finally shows Lynch's original style and surrealist voice, one that makes his earlier journey of Blue Velvet seem tame. With Lynch, you either love him or hate him, and for those who love him buy this. The others would at least be able to appreciate the brilliance of each independant scene in the film, even if it doesn't make sense as a whole. However, the movie does make sense, in a twisted don't-leave-your-brain-at-the-door kind of way.The film can be divided into two parts, the first half intended for network broadcast and the second that adds closure to the narrative (easily spotted in the scene that would never be caught dead on network television). For Twin Peaks fans, its very easy to see similar quirky characters that would have appeared if this was in fact turned into a series. Yet due to similar obligations he had with Twin Peaks, this pilot was closed at the end and the mystery is sovled (it is solved, you just have to think about it) And after seeing this film a few times, as well as Lynch's other works, I've come to the conclusion that all his films are pretty much part of the same large project; watching one of his films will help you understand another. MD is about exploitation, jealousy, regret, torment, and the scarriest damn homeless man I have ever seen in my life. This may not be perfect for a first time Lynch experience so I would recomend the first season of Twin Peaks followed by Wild at Heart before MD. Of course, if you really want to get the full appreciation for the film, also check out Ingmar Bergman's Persona and Luis Bunuel's That Obscure Object of Desire (both very enjoyable movies Lynch pays homage too).
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Summary: Wonderful but requires a lot from the viewer
Review: This is NOT a movie to rent or buy if you want to sit back and veg out for an evening. In other words, you should be prepared to be fully engaged and ready to ponder all the twists and turns in this one. On the surface, it is the story of 2 women in Hollywood, one suffering from temporary amnesia as the result of a car accident and the other an aspiring young actress with visions of stardom in her eyes. But like most Lynch films, the surface is just a way to get the viewer to consider deeper realms of reality and possibility. There is the dreamlike world that is a Lynch trademark as well as quirky characters which come and go. Be prepared for sudden twists and turns in the plot and don't expect a logical narrative or storyline in this one. If you want a movie with a conventional plot, one that is easy to follow - avoid this one. On the other hand, if you like movies that leave you pondering the mysteries of the world and which don't have to make "sense" in any conventional way, this is a good choice.
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Summary: edge of the seat thriller! I wish the ending made sense
Review: Knowing David Lynch you have to expect weird but interesting plotts, but this one tops the cake. Mulholland Drive jumps from charector to charector, leaving pieces out along the way, and dumping them at you at the end. This movie made about 40% sense, this was at the end of the movie. Lynch makes you, at the end of Mulholland Drive, wonder what this and that ment. I think that was the point of it. This movie made 'Blue Velvet' as easy to understand as a Disney movie. I was stuck for hours after this film wondering what it all ment. and then it hit me. See Mulholland Drive to find out the 'twist' ending.
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Summary: Love Lynch, hate this DVD
Review: I really loved Mulholland Drive when I saw it in the theater, so much so, that I bought the DVD on the first day it was available.
What a mistake.
As others have complained, this DVD does not have any scene selection. It is made up of one chapter, one 2 hour and 20 minute chapter!
Others have speculated on why the DVD was manufactured in this way-did David Lynch request that it be distributed without interruption? Who knows, and more to the point, who cares. From one consumer to another, I recommend that you pass on this DVD, especially at $32 retail.
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Summary: "HUH?"
Review: Sitting through a showing of David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" is like being attacked by a gang of psychotic thugs..you beg for them to stop but they keep coming at you; in this case for an interminable 2 1/2 hours. Ever since 1986, Lynch, in one way or another has been trying to recapture the success of "Blue Velvet," a totally original, cult blockbuster that boasted some of the weirdest images in film history (who can forget, for example the sight of Dean Stockwell in drag lip-synching Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" into an industrial lamp while Dennis Hopper, his face contorted in pain, mouths the words along with him). Once you make a film as completely over top as "Velvet", any attempt to recreate the feel is bound to end up in silly self-parody. In the case of "Mulholland Drive," a couple of clever Lynchian moments(the meeting between the film director and "The Cowboy," for example) aren't enough to save what is essentially an incomprehensible mess of a movie that seems to go on for centuries. It's not a good sign when you watch a film and start praying for closing credits that never seem to come. *** Special features on the DVD are practically non-existent, save for the theatrical trailer...in the case of "Mulholland," that's a blessing!
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Summary: Defending the DVD
Review: Despite what a misguided reviewer has posted, Anomporphic Widescreen is far and away the best format out there. You lose no information and you can adjust the picture to have letterboxes, or just to have the picture stretched vertically as it's stored. He seems to have it confused with Pan and Scan. Also, perhaps there are no chapter selections for a very good reason? Like if you're going to watch the movie, he wants you to watch the whole thing? The artist's control over the audience. The habit of skipping to "favorite scenes" is a terrible one as it reduces a movie to a series of episodes or vignettes. This movie rewards a careful viewing and reviewing with attention to particular detail. Though it would be nice to skip to the sapphic scenes ;)
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Summary: CENSORED: why?
Review: I loved the theatrical release of this movie. I love most of David Lynch's films. I want to love this DVD, but it has two aggravations. The first is there are no chapters. That is a minor annoyance for me, but an annoyance all the same. The second really bothers me. There is a brief full frontal nudity shot of Laura Harring in that is censored. Suffice it to say she looks like a barbie doll from the waist down. I didn't buy this film for the nudity, but this kind of censorship is ridiculous. I haven't seen such a disregard for the adult public since "Eyes Wide Shut"'s censorial hatchet job. Again this is minor, but come on, I'm an adult. The movie is rated "R", why was this necessary?
Therefore, I give it 4 stars for the DVD version and 5 stars for the cinema version.
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